Since its beginning as a powerful voice of the Egyptian revolution, graffiti and street art have mainly appeared on city walls. “New Walls” is a public arts project in which Egyptian artists will meet international muralists to paint the homes of the village of Tunis in Al Fayoum.

Egyptian street artists are now faced with politically polarized streets, and our project offers them an alternative canvas to explore. It's chance to re-energize and refresh the street art scene in Egypt and to explore street art themes beyond the political.

The "New Walls" project in the village of Tunis - famous for its pottery, natural sights, and beautiful houses - is an experiment to transform an Egyptian village into an open-air street art museum. It is the perfect place for such a project as it is home to many artists and a vibrant community of craftsmen and women.

In the period of 22-28 November 2015 (one week before the annual Tunis pottery festival), we will realize our project. The participating artists will have the chance to visit the village, discover its walls, and make connections with the locals.

Egypt

- Ammar Abo Bakr             - Art Trip                                    - Aya Tarek

- Israa El-Naggar                - El Moshir                                  - El Mozza

- El Teneen                           - Maghraffiti + Emmy             - Mona Lisa Brigades

- Nemo                                  - Zeft

Spain                                     - Gonzalo Borondo                   - BTOY

Tunis/France                  - Sunra                                         - El Seed (unconfirmed) 

Lebanon                               - Ali Rafei 

The idea is to exchange knowledge with other artists from Egypt and in the regional street art scene. The meeting of the group of artists will help them explore and share concepts, techniques, and applications.

Since many Egyptian street artists have been away from the streets for sometime now, this is also a clear invitation for them to come together in a new setting and face new open walls.

New Walls is a pilot project so documentation of the process and the outcome is very important to us. We will constantly post updates throughout social media, and we will film the process of transforming Tunis wall by wall. This material will help anyone who plans to put together a similar project in the future to learn from what worked for us and to avoid our mistakes.